Ducati ‘not ready’ but ‘not surprised’ by Marc Marquez, Pramac declaration
Ducati's Mauro G♕rassilli: "[Marc Marquez's] statement🍎 did not surprise us and we take note of it"

Ducati Corse sporting director Mauro Grassilli says the factory was ‘not ready’ but also ‘not surprised’ by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Marc Marquez publicly turning down the option of a move to Pramac Ducati for the 2025 MotoGP season.
Rumours on theဣ eve of the Italian GP suggest Pramac's current title leader Jorge Martin has won the battle to become Francesco Bagnaia’s future team-mate and that Marquez would be promoted to factory machinery at Pramac…
But the eight-time world championꦑ, now riding a 2023 machine at Gresini, has other idea𒅌s, stating: “Pramac is not an option for me.”
“It is a very delicate moment of🐻 the season. Each rider tries to make the best strategy for himself an🍌d for his future. [Marc's] statement therefore did not surprise us and we take note of it," Grassilli told .
"Pramac is a formidable team, it🦩 is an official bike, managed by professionals."
Grassilli added: "We were not ready for these declarations [by Marquez], but we are not ready for many other declarations: w🧸e cannot always know what the riders are saying, who are special and super intelligent people and must say what they feel at that particular moment."
Marquez spelt out on Thursday thꩵat the only Ducati options he would consider are either the factory team or staying at Gresini, with a factory bike.
The problem for Marquez is that Pramac looks set to turn down Yamaha’s advances and renew with Ducati for 2025, thus keep🍌ing its factory-spec supply which could otherwise be redistributed to Gresini and perhaps VR46.
“I expect Paoඣlo Campinoti and Pramac to remain with us for at least the next two years,” said Grassilli.
Just how exclusive the Pramac-factory Ducati dea🐠l is remains unclear.
But if Marquez loses out to Martin at the official team and doesn’t get a factory bikಞe at Gresini, speculation suggests he ไcould switch to KTM.
Grassilli left the door open to some kind of comp𝔉romise if a Marquez-Pramac deal is out of the question:
"Certainly [Marc 𓃲Marquez] going to Pramac was one of the different analyses [we have considered♍], but not the only one. We are still evaluating many other hypotheses."
Ducati ha🅘s ruled out officially𓆉 announcing Bagnaia's 2025 team-mate during the Mugello weekend.